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lives who do so much. today, sunday, may 11th, 2014. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m erica hill. i m lester holt alongside jenna wolfe and dylan dreyer. i want to say happy mother s day to you two, my wife, my mom, all the mothers out there. happy first mother s day to you. thank you very much. very exciting. you ve had a couple. any advice? take full advantage of people wanting you to take a break. you are wearing a gift from yes. my older son weston made this for me last year. this year he made me this beautiful bracelet. and another pin which you ll see later. so thank you. very nice. we ve got a big day planned for moms. we do. we have quite a morning out on our plaza. pampering. you re seeing it happening right now. so we ve got manis, massages. we even have a brunch planned for moms joining us on the plaza a li ....
the two left lanes are shutdown and the corner is on the scene. this will be a very lengthy investigation and likely a long clean-up operation. the traffic is backed up through the macarthur mayes back beyond interstate 580. highway 4 is also backing up beyond children s hospital. this is opposite the bart station. this is a tough thing to avoid. the best bet is if you re commuting when interstate 580 is to get off in use 880. this will affect commuters not only going to the bay bridge but also to the east shore freeway. at least have the traffic through the maze. this rapid is backing up before the flyover. delays are going to be here for a while and we have an alert that has been issued. this means a lengthy clearing time. better nils for the south bay colors have been cancelled on 1 01 ed muskie. however, the traffic is still backed up. this is want to 80, 87 and then of course highway 11. you can see that the traffic is backed up all the way to highway 85 and al ....
this morning on the kron 4 morning news. new information on a deadly california: a fed ex tractor trailer hit a bus full of students from southern california. who were on their way to tour humboldt state university. the crash happened in glenn county, west of chico. a national transportation safety board team is set to arrive thois morning. to figure out what happened. stephanie elam is live in glenn county for us this morning. humboldt state university released a statement after the crash tonight saying quote. our hearts go out to those who have been affected, and we are here to support them, way possible. fed-ex also released a quote our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the california. we are cooperating fully with authorities as they investigate. several people took to twitter and other social media to post pictures of the crash and its aftermath. james:you re looking at some of those here. witnesses on the scene say emergency workers wer ....
to run for their lives. serena s racket. the tennis super star defending herself this morning after her anger gets the best of her on the court. what she s saying today, sunday october 26, 2014. this is today with lester holt and erica hill. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today. i m erica hill. i m lester hill. last time we talked to you, you were stuck in bermuda. it was beautiful. yeah. welcome back. we missed you. we are happy to have the team reunited this morning. a lot to get to this sunday. our first story is a troop redrawl. the final marine to pack up there and hand over two military bases to afghans. we are following this from the white house this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you eri erica. according to u.s. military officials, u.s. marines and british forces officially ended operations in afghanistan today. that was marked with a ceremony turning over leather neck. the images show the american flag ....
large crowds from coast-to-coast this labor day weekend, reinforcing health expert s fears of another holiday spike in new cases going into the fall. i am concerned. we go into labor day with 40,000 new cases a day. much higher than we were at memorial day. and so i m worried that any new surges will be potentially quite catastrophic. in san francisco, the city closed the parking lot at ocean beach after more than a thousand people gathered for a burning-man style event. mayor london breed calling it reckless and selfish. and people flocking to beaches up and down the east coast to celebrate the end of the summer. this as colleges across the country are struggling to contain outbreaks on campuses. northeastern university dismissing 11 students for violating the school s public health protocols by gathering in a hotel room off-campus. the students will not receive a refund for the lost semester. we remain on track to deliver a vane before the end of the year and ma ....